Stolen truck from Elkton is recovered

Stacy Langley

Published 8:00 pm, Monday, July 9, 2007

ELKTON  The Michigan State Police have recovered the pickup truck stolen from a home in Elkton. According to Trooper Brian McComb of the Michigan State Police post in Bad Axe, a 44-year-old Elkton man awoke Saturday morning to discover his 2004 GMC Canyon pickup truck was missing.

The vehicle was entered into the Law Enforcement Information Network. McComb reports that Monday, the owner of Wild Johns Party Store located on M-53 and M-81, made contact with Sanilac County Sheriffs Deputy Shelly Park to report a drive-off of $50 in gasoline which occurred around 5 a.m. Saturday. Two suspects reportedly entered the party store and attempted to pay for the gasoline with their credit card but the cards were denied. The suspects did not have money to pay for the gas. An agreement was made with the station that the suspect would return within 24 hours to pay. One suspect produced a Michigan Identification car and the owner wrote the information down, along with the license plate number belonging to the truck. When Park ran the license plate number it was discovered the truck was stolen.

Saturday, McComb, along with Elkton Police Chief Scott Jobes, made contact with the suspect on a farm near Elkton. The suspect, a 43-year-old male who has been living in Elkton, admitted to taking the pickup truck and also admitted to taking another vehicle from the village in June. That vehicle was recovered in Clarkston.

The suspect was arrested on two counts of unlawful driving away an automobile, driving on suspended/revoked license and for being in violation of his parole. He was lodged in the Huron County Jail awaiting arraignment on charges in the Huron County District Court.